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SOUTH Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL) South University of Texas at Austin 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 133 Austin, TX 78758 VISION ARL Open Campus accelerates discovery, innovation, and transition of science & technology for the Army through strategic regional partnerships. AUGUST 2019 GOALS Biotechnology Cybersecurity Materials Science and Manufacturing Autonomy for Maneuverability Power & Energy IN THIS ISSUE P. 2 Researcher Recognitions P. 3 Research Progress P. 4 Recent Events P. 8 Meet our ROTC Interns P.10 New Facilities P.12 Upcoming Events Autonomous Networks Accelerating Army Modernization Message from Heidi Maupin, ARL South Region Lead: When I moved to Austin in April 2017, ARL South had four Army researchers. Clearly, the desire to benefit from mutual collaboration with Army has spread like wildfire in Texas – ARL South now has over 130 Army researchers embedded within 17 institutions throughout the south (yes, mostly in Texas!). We are already showing great progress through Army presence in the region and our collaboration with premier researchers! Many of our researchers have been honored with awards. A few of our research collaboration successes are shared in this inaugural ARL South newsletter. You can access a compilation of our research summaries here. We were thrilled to host seven ROTC cadets at UT Austin, UTEP, and TAMU for four weeks. Each ROTC intern worked on his/her research project and their results are already being incorporated into our overarching programs to advance our research efforts. We have a special section of the newsletter dedicated to sharing the ROTC cadets experiences in the region. I would like to give a special shout out to Cadet Madeline Walter, who spearheaded the concept and publication of this newsletter. Thanks also goes to Dr. Mark Tschopp who designed the newsletter branding for ARL Central – yes, I brazenly copied his design. Imitation is the best form of flattery, Mark! We have held many workshops that are leading us to a strong path towards success with many more coming up as well. I attended and helped judge a few student research symposia. It’s so exciting to be able to meet the students – I can’t believe how advanced the students are compared to when I was in school! Please feel free to pass on any recommendations for our collaborative effort, ideas to improve communication, and articles highlighting success through our Open Campus partnership. [email protected]
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SOUTHCombat Capabilities Development CommandArmy Research Laboratory (ARL) SouthUniversity of Texas at Austin10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 133Austin, TX 78758
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Accelerating Army Modernization
Message from Heidi Maupin, ARL South Region Lead:When I moved to Austin in April 2017, ARL South had four Army researchers. Clearly, the desire to benefit from mutual collaboration with Army has spread like wildfire in Texas – ARL South now has over 130 Army researchers embedded within 17 institutions throughout the south (yes, mostly in Texas!). We are already showing great progress through Army presence in the region and our collaboration with premier researchers! Many of our researchershave been honored with awards. A few of our research collaboration successes are shared in this inaugural ARL South newsletter. You can access a compilation of our research summaries here.
We were thrilled to host seven ROTC cadets at UT Austin, UTEP, and TAMU for four weeks. Each ROTC intern worked on his/her research project and their results are already being incorporated into our overarching programs to advance our research efforts. We have a special section of the newsletter dedicated to sharing the ROTC cadets experiences in the region. I would like to give a special shout out to Cadet Madeline Walter, who spearheaded the concept and publication of this newsletter. Thanks also goes to Dr. Mark Tschopp who designed the newsletter branding for ARL Central – yes, I brazenly copied his design. Imitation is the best form of flattery, Mark!
We have held many workshops that are leading us to a strong path towards success with many more coming up as well. I attended and helped judge a few student research symposia. It’s so exciting to be able to meet the students – I can’t believe how advanced the students are compared to when I was in school!
Please feel free to pass on any recommendations for our collaborative effort, ideas to improve communication, and articles highlighting success through our Open Campus partnership. [email protected]
SOUTH Researcher Recognitions
Drs. Moble Benedict, Hunter Denton and Hao Kang
So remarkable is this vehicle design that the research team was selected for the best paper award during the Advanced Vertical Flight Session of the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Forum and Technology Display. When packaged and launched from a 40 mm grenade launcher, the aircraft provides an organic asset at the company level with combined intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and lethal effects. When launched as a projectile up to the point of operation, the aircraft can significantly improve the mission range for energy constrained platforms. The aircraft will provide the Army a vertical flight/hover capability that operates as members of a team with other manned and unmanned platforms that can penetrate defense in depth anti-access and area denial environments and dis-integrate Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS).
POC: [email protected]
ARL Researcher Awarded the Presidential Early CareerAward for Scientists and EngineersARL South congratulates ARL researcher Dr. Nathan Lazarus. Dr. Lazarus was recently awarded the Presidential Early Career Awardfor Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his work with stretchablepower electronics. The PECASE is the “highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning independent research careers showing exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.” “Winning the PECASE is a great honor for me…I’m very pleased that the importance [of stretchable electronics] has now been recognized at the highest level.” -Dr. LazarusIt is great to see our premier ARL researchers collaborating with our Open Campus partners. Dr. Lazarus mentors PhD StudentJonathan Wells from the University of Texas at Austin through a collaboration with Dr. Nanshu Lu, researching “A Safe and Unobstructive Tattoo-Like Palm Sticker for the Wireless Charging of Handheld Devices.”
POC: Dr. Nanshu Lu; [email protected]
Dr. Nathan Lazarus, ARL/SEDD
Best Paper Award: Development of a Gun Launched Rotary Wing Micro Air VehicleThrough the ARL Open Campus research model, a team of TAMU and ARL researchers successfully developed novel and re-configurable rotary-wing aircraft capable of sustained hover. The aircraft can be launched from air or ground using a launch tube. The research team designed the aircraft with a specialized counter-rotating motor composed of two independently controlled motors. At the end of the launch phase, the rotor blades can be unfolded passively by using centrifugal force from spinning up the rotor.
ARL South Team Awarded 2018 Honorary Award for PartnershipsDr. Acosta and Dr. Salamah were awarded the 2018 ARL Honorary Award for Partnerships as a result of their successful outcomes of the ARL/UTEP collaboration through ARL South cybersecurity rapid innovation group (CyberRIG). CyberRIG has produced significant contributions to the Army, the DoD, and the U.S. Government. UTEP has grown their security program and engaged with students and professionals in novel ways. The Software Reverse Engineering course taught by Dr. Acosta has been called an accolade course by the reviewing agency and students are highly praised when hired due to their advanced practical skillsets. ARL and UTEP collaborate through coursework and leveraging NSF/DHS designated scholarship for service students. CyberRIG consists of over 14 students (mostly scholarship for service recipients and other in-kind funded students), 3 faculty members, and several professionals from the Department of Defense and Department of Justice. Dr. Jaime Acosta, the co-located ARL researcher from Computation and Information Sciences’ Network Security Branch, and Dr. Salamah Salamah, Professor and Director of the M.S. Software Engineering program at UTEP, lead the group. The group’s efforts primarily target the Network/C3I and Sustainability Army Modernization Priorities. All of the ARL South activities at the UTEP Satellite feed into a critical research focus for ARL’s network security branch tactical autonomous active cyber defense.
POC: Jaime Acosta,ARL S-UTEP
Salamah Salamah, UTEP/ARL CISD
Low-cost Manufacturing of Truly High Performance Titanium Alloy Components for a Faster, More Reliable, and More Lethal Army of the FutureDrs Brady Butler and James Paramore developed two technologies capable of producing reliable, high performance low-cost titanium alloy components. The alloy exhibits mechanical properties that match and even exceed conventionally processed titanium alloys. The two ARL South researchers, stationed at Texas A&M University continue their collaboration with the University of Utah, TAMU, and Blacksand Technology, LLC to optimize two of their near-net-shape manufacturing technologies. Blacksand was selected as a finalist for this technology during xTechSearch 1.0. The researchers are discussing plans with several interested and well-suited industrial partners for producing prototypes if suitable demonstration components can be identified, and thus move this technology from the laboratory to the battlefield.
Lowering the production cost of titanium components will have significant benefits for countless Army applications; current production costs render conventionally manufactured titanium alloys unfeasible for certain applications. Several examples with high impact and that could be rapidly achieved with this low cost manufacturing approach include: Lightweight and highly reliable squad weapons to reduce soldier
fatigue and improve lethality Unmanned and manned aerial vehicle components Unmanned and manned ground vehicle components Missile nose cones Self-propelled or towed weapons systems with significantly
reduced weight and improved service life
Materials and Manufacturing
SOUTH Amazing Progress through Research Collaboration
This figure is from a paper recently published by researchers at ARL and ARL South in collaboration with the University of Utah (M. K. Dunstan, J. D. Paramore, Z. Z. Fang and P. Sun, "Manipulation of Microstructure andMechanical Properties during Dehydrogenation ofHydrogen-Sintered Ti–6Al–4V", Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 2019,vol. 764, 138244). The plots explain how varying thedehydrogenation temperature during hydrogen-enabledheat treatments of α+β titanium alloys (e.g. Ti-6Al-4V) canproduce a graded microstructure, which has a desirablyhard shell and soft core. The controlling mechanisms aredemonstrated through a model that calculates the depth ofthe hard shell (dashed lines), which agreed well with theexperimental data (arrows).
Dr. JamesParamore, ARL S-TAMU/WMRD
POC: James Paramore [email protected]
“Malware in the future? Forecasting of analyst detection of cyber events”ARL researchers Jonathan Bakdash, located at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), and Laura Marusich, located at University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington), alongside UT Arlington researcher GautamDas focus on the prevention of cyber-attacks. Cyberattacks are a danger to physical, economic, social, and political security. Researchers at UTD have analyzed malware cyber event data regarding a large operational Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) for the US Department of Defense (DoD) over a 7-year span in an attempt to predict approaching cyber events. Their findings are consistent with previous research, helping to advance the information provided by a forecast that may help predict future cyber events up to a week in advance.
Dr. Jonathan Bakdash ARL South/HRED, UTD
Dr. Gautam DasUT Arlington
Dr. Laura Marusich ARL South/HREDUT Arlington
Link to published articleLink to code and data to reproduce results
POC: Jonathan Bakdash [email protected]
Cybersecurity
Mad Scientist 2019: Disruption and the FOE
SOUTH Recent Events
Dr. Garrett Warnell, ARL South-UT Austin researcher (ARL/CISD) and Dr. Troy Alexander (ARL/ODIR) were invited to present at the Mad Scientist 2019 conference held in Austin, 24-25 April 2019. Both were declared official "Mad Scientists" by Dr. Lee Grubbs, Mad Scientist Director. Mad Scientist is a U.S. Armyinitiative and a community of action that continually explores the future through collaborative partnerships and continuous dialogue with academia, industry, and government. Through this initiative, the Army shapes future multi-domain operations in its role as a thought leader in the future of warfare. The program consists of an All Partners Access Network (APAN) community of action, a blogging laboratory, and conferences with world-class experts at the Nation’s premier academic institutions.
Opportunities to Contribute and Follow this Community of Action:
Join the Mad Sci Community of Action https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/mad-scientist/
Follow on Twitter @ArmyMadSciRead / contribute / subscribe to Mad Sci Lab http://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/
Watch past events on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/userG2TBOC
CyberSmart: Preparedness and Proactive Threat Response
Cyber security is a very real and present threat that demands our attention. Many people in the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD) at ARL are leading the effort to identify, prevent, and disrupt adversarial threats. However, this growing threat demands more discussion.
ARL South Lead, Ms. Heidi Maupin, was invited to join the Carahsoft CyberSmart panel in Austin, TX on April 2, 2019, focusing on how the government is "Maximizing CyberSecurity Workforce Potential". Ms. Maupin emphasized the message, "Through Army Research Laboratory's Open Campus initiative, we partner with the best talent to help overcome technical challenges. Through collaboration, we are providing the potential future workforce a unique opportunity to engage with Army researchers, identify unique problem sets and see the overall Army mission to advance and strengthen our capabilities. Through our initiative, we broaden our potential to shape the future cybersecurity workforce."
Also joining the discussion was Liliya Spinazzola, Senior Director, Professional Education and Strategic Initiatives, Texas Extended Campus at the University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Rajendra Boppana, Professor, Computer Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
A recording of the panel discussion can be accessed at:https://drive.google.com/a/atlanticmedia.com/file/d/1L9ojsVuOWamkxgeBPHtVnA_PICnWnJS7/view?usp=sharing
(Left to Right) Heidi Maupin, Liliya Spinazzola, Rajendra Boppana.
POC: Kathleen [email protected]
Unmanned Aerial System Demo Day of the Common Research Configuration
On June 27 – 28, 2019, Branch Chiefs from ARL Vehicle Technology Directorate met with University of North Texas (UNT) researchers for a UAS Demo Day of the Common Research Configuration (CRC) 10 vehicle. This demonstration event showcased many of UNT’s UAS engineering capabilities including aerodynamics, flight controls, smart materials, acoustics, and additive manufacturing. As part of the ARL/UNT partnership, plans are underway for UNT to build a CRC 20 demonstration vehicle. This heavier 50 pound version of the CRC will be used to test the scalability of various engineering solutions. ARL and UNT are currently establishing a Joint Work Statement in this application space. UNT is a member of the Center for UAS Propulsion. cup.illinois.edu!
Recent Events
POC: Andrey [email protected]
2019 Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference
ARL/ARL South @ Texas Tech Unvierstiy (TTU) members led several sessions at the 2019 Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference. This conference was held in Orlando, Florida from June 23rd to June 28th. Each one of the sessions led by ARL/ARL South staff were very popular and sparked the interest of many of the conference attendees. The following ARL South @ TTU research papers were presented either as a poster presentation or an oral presentation:
“Analysis of a New 15-kV SiC n-GTO under Pulsed Power Applications,” Matthew Kim, Tsz Tsoi, Jonathan J. Forbes, Shelby Lacouture, Argenis V. Bilbao, Stephen B. Bayne, Heather O’Brien, Aderinto Ogunniyi, and Sei-HyungRyu
“Performance Comparison of Commercial Gan Hemt Under Repetitive Overcurrent Operation,” Jose A. Rodriguez, Matthew Kim, Stephen B. Bayne, Heather O’Brien, and Aderinto Ogunniyi
“Compact Rapid Capacitor Charger for Mobile Marx Generator Applications” Argenis Bilbao and Stephen Bayne
Dr. Stephen B. Bayne (TTU faculty) served as the Technical Area Coordinator (TAC) for “Power Electronics”.) Modeling and
Electrothermal Simulation of SiC
Power Devices)
Dr. Argenis V. Bilbao, ARL South researcher (TTU)
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POC: Stephen [email protected]
"No B.S.: Collaborating with the Government" March 5–6, 2019
SOUTH Recent Events
The name is edgy but the concept is simple. Army wants to work with small businesses and their technologies. Small businesses want to work with us. We sought to find out how this was working out for both sides. Coinciding with the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) sponsored/ARL executed pitch event, xTechSearch, ARL South held four open forum discussions (think: “Focus Groups”) throughout the two day event, to gather feedback about experiences and thoughts about the collaboration process between different government agencies and small businesses. Companies shared consistent threads of concerns and suggestions for improvement; we compiled and published company viewpoints to be used to improve future collaboration opportunities.
Full publication here:POC: Corine Romero, [email protected]
On April 23 - 24, 2019, more than 1,700 U.S. universities competed in the inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Design Competitions sponsored by the Army through ARL and CCDevcom. University of Texas at El Paso hosted the event. The competition tested undergraduate students’ abilities to master drone challenges while simultaneously fostering “diversity of thought among the country’s current and future innovators” (UTEP).
The teams first had to design and build their drones by the use of given additive manufacturing devices and design guidelines provided by ARL. Researchers from ARL/SEDD and ARL/VTD designed the competition rules. The competition began with teams demonstrating a 30-second hover before directing their dronesaround pylons to land on a bullseye target. After changing the batteries in the drone, teams had to maneuver backwards around the pylons and then remain hovering in the air. In order to win, the teams were required to keep the drones within a specific height range throughout the entire demonstration.
One of the intended outcomes of the competition was to access bright young talent. Several students were offered and accepted summer internships to work with ARL researchers.
2019 HBCU/MI Design Competition Winners:1st Place – InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico 2nd Place – University of Texas at El Paso3rd Place – University of Illinois4th Place – Spelman College POC: Keith Taylor
UTEP Hosts U.S. Army Drone Design Competition
Industry Advisory Board Annual Meeting, University of Utah
ARL South values the opportunity to advise universities on how to ensure that their curriculum provides the best learning opportunities for students to help solve the Army's hard problems. On July 8, 2019, Heidi Maupin met with the University of Utah’s Industry Advisory Board to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Metallurgy. Consisting of members representing eight industries, the board is chartered to assess curriculum and recommend changes that will ensure that education provided to students will remain relevant in today's accelerated technological advancements and keep up with industry demands. University of Utah is one of only few remaining Metallurgical Engineering programs in the country. University of Utah collaborates with Army researchers at Texas A&M University.
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Front row: Gregory Hill - Freeport McMoRan; Phil Thompson - FLSmidth; Heidi Maupin; Hong Yong Sohn- Univ. of Utah; Karen Quinn - Northrop Gruman;Marina McNeill - Freeport McMoRan; Siva Guruswamy& Ravi Chandra, University of Utah.Back row: Don Foot - VeraGold Panama; Jan. Miller &Mike Free - Univ. of Utah; Neale Neelemeggham - INDLLC; Dave Kinneberg - James Avery; Mike Simpson,Univ. of Utah.
POC: Hong Yong [email protected]
Recent Events
Radar Innovation 2019 Workshop
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory’s Army Research Office sponsored a Radar Innovation workshop hosted by ARL South and the University of Oklahoma in Austin, Texas, April 3-4, 2019. The country’s leading RADARexperts from multiple universities gathered to discuss essential and prudent future research directions to take in this field. It is critical for the Army to have a part in advancing RADAR technology, especially with concerns of denied GPS on the battlefield. Director of ARL’s Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate Dr. Keith Krapels was a guest speaker.
POC: Dr. Mark Yeary; [email protected]
Meet the Cadets!
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Cadet Marcus RussellARL South/Austin
“My testing process consists of determining how much temperature and pressure the hydrolysis reaction builds up to create a proper ratio of water to powder to produce hydrogen gas that can power different types of military equipment.”
Cadet Madeline WalterARL South/Austin
“Besides putting together this newsletter, I’ve been creating a funding data base for small businesses working on Army projects and helping Corine develop the New Employee Hire Packet.”
Cadet Kai SamuelARL South/Austin
“I have been redesigning the hopper/feeding system for the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) machine. Having access to 3D printing to further my skills in additive manufacturing has been a real asset.”
Cadet Joshua TryonARL South/Austin
“Color is a powerful tool for mapmaking. When it is done well, it makes a user’s experience with a map much better, and it is an effective way to convey the information. When done poorly, colors can confuse and distract the reader and make the map very difficult to read.”
POC: Keith [email protected]
Cadet Ryan BaptistaARL South/UTEP
“This internship is a great opportunity to learn the similar roles [Military Intelligence] play in the field…Having hands on training such as cybersecurity will put me further ahead of everyone else.”
Cadet Andrew ParkARL South/UTEP
“This internship has allowed me to have a firsthand look on how the Army is currently striving to improve their networking technology and how I would be contributing to this field in the future.”
The CCDC Army Research Laboratory provided multiple opportunities for current cadets in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program to learn the purpose behind ARL, understand how the civilian side of the Army operates, and the chance to apply their own scientific knowledge to ARL research through a month-long internship. Below, the ARL South ROTC interns discuss the projects they worked on this summer.
Photo: Ryan Baptista, Jaime Acosta (Mentor), Andrew Park
Meet our ROTC Interns
Cadet Patrick BrundidgeARL South/ TAMU
“In ROTC, we are taught the importance of being able to work in a diverse team to accomplish a mission. By having to work with both engineers and scientists in order to complete my project, I have learned valuable lessons about teamwork. These lessons will help me excel as an officer in the United States Army.“
SOUTH Meet the Cadets
On 22 July 2019, four of our ARL South cadets were fortunate to be in Austin to attend an event sponsored by Army Futures Command (AFC) to thank the City of Austin for welcoming AFC into the Austin community. The event marked the one-year anniversary of AFC headquarters coming to Austin.
On 24 July 2019, another highlight for the cadets was getting the opportunity to meet and talk with HON Jim McPherson, Under Secretary of the Army, and his staff during a tour of construction of the future Robotics Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
On 26 July 2019, the cadets presented their research results to their ARL South mentors and proceeded on to celebrate their successful four week internship with an evening of Karaoke! Donned in their newly acquired hats, their grand finale number was a moving rendition of “Deep in the Heart of Texas!”
(Left to right) HON Jim McPherson, LTG Joseph Martin, ROTC Cadets, Marcus Russell, Madeline Walter, Joshua Tryon, and Kai Samuel
Marcus Russell presenting NanogalvanicAluminum Powder research which he performed during his ARL South internship in Austin, TX.
Farewell Interns! Karaoke Night, July 26, 2019.
Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM) University of North Texas
“The uses for additive manufacturing have the potential to transform a wide variety of industries — from the oil fields to the operating rooms,” says Narendra Dahotre, interim vice president for research and innovation and University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas (UNT). “Imagine knowing exactly what you want to create, exactly how much it will cost, exactly how much and which materials will be needed and exactly how long it will take to complete. Additive manufacturing is the industry’s dream come true.”
UNT researchers’ goal of transforming manufacturing technologies to better develop complex 3D objects to create viable market-based solutions that impact almost every industry — all while producing practically zero waste and cost savings that give Texas’ companies an advantage — is closer to reality thanks to $10 million in funding awarded by the recently convened 86th Texas Legislature. The funding is for UNT’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory(AML) that was officially opened in November 2018 at UNT’s Discovery Park — the North Texas region’s largest research park — and now will be transitioned into the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing.
UNT has developed one of the most advanced university research facilities in the nation for materials analysis, allowing faculty and industry to collaborate to advance the science and application of materials processing and additive manufacturing. Ultimately, UNT intends to establish a Texas-based prototype center that could globally transform the future of advanced manufacturing. The hands-on experience using the additive manufacturing and characterization equipment is providing students with new perspectives on the creation and development process, says Tyler Torgerson, a second year Ph.D. student who transferred from junior college to UNT and earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees here.
“We basically get to see and be a part of everything in the research process,” says Torgerson, who added that he came to UNT partly because of the university’s success in graduating and helping students get jobs at companies like Tesla and Intel. “Right now, I’m working on a project for the Air Force with additive manufacturing and nickel alloys using specific elements to better improve the properties. What are the effects on the alloys from the additive manufacturing? With the process you get very different properties from it. We’ll look at how the heat affects the materials. We are working to try to prevent some of the crashes and failures out in the field.”
SOUTH Facilities
POC: Amy [email protected]
Link to full story
Currently at UNT, 32 ARL-South researchers
collaborate and work alongside UNT’s own
researchers on projects such as additive manufacturing
within CAAM.
SOUTH Facilities
The Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) at the University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma’s (OU) Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers which comprises the nation’s largest academic group devoted specially to radar. Currently, the ARRC has 20 faculty members, 14 radar engineers/technicians, and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars from meteorology, hydrology, and engineering. The center is housed within OU’s Radar Innovations Laboratory (RIL), which is located on OU’s research campus, in Norman, OK.
The RIL houses two precision anechoic chambers for detailed antenna design and test, an environmental controlled chamber with autonomous RF scanner for characterizing phased array antenna performance, a vast microwave test laboratory, machine shop, high-bay garage for mobile radar truck development, and an experimental roof deck at the highest point of the building for research radar testing. The building provides a hands-on facility for end-to-end radar development.
The ARRC operates a unique and extensive set of instruments to investigate current research challenges and to explore new and important research fields. Included in the ARRC’s facilities is a diverse set of radars of complementary wavelengths, scanning options, and polarimetric capabilities:
• S-band: CPPAR (cylindrical, polarimetric, phased array), Horus (mobile, polarimetric, phased array,operational in 2020)
• C-band: PAIR (mobile, polarimetric, phased array, operational in 2020)• X-band: PX-1000 (portable, polarimetric), PX-10k (portable, rapid scan, polarimetric), RaXPol (mobile, rapid
scan, polarimetric), AIR (mobile, phased array)• Ku-band, Ka-band, and W-band: various experimental, lab-bench testbeds are underway.
The RIL is a 35,000 sq. ft. facility and is unique among academic radar programs. The RIL is also adjacent to the National Weather Center, which houses NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). As such, OU’s radar program stands on a 50+ year legacy of partnership with the NSSL. In addition, the ARRC has a variety of other research partners, including: NASA, ARL, NSF, ONR, DARPA, AFRL, etc. For instance, the ARRC has a project with the ONR to develop a digital-at-every element phased array with 1600 polarimetricelements. Another example would be ARL/ARO funding the center in order to focus research on radar innovation.
POC: Robert Palmer [email protected]
SOUTH Upcoming Events
• August 27, 2019---CA for Agile Technology-Kick-Off Event, College Station, TAMU
• September 5, 2019---Welcoming Reception for UT El Paso President Heather Wilson, El Paso, TX
• September 17-18, 2019---U.S. Army Core of Engineers (USACE) Innovation Summit, Vicksburg, MS
• September 17-19, 2019---ARL's Talent Enrichment, Entrepreneurial Mindset program graduation, UT Austin
• September 10-12, 2019---Turbo Machinery and Pump Symposium, TAMU, College Station Registration link:
https://tps.tamu.edu/
• September 29-October 3, 2019---Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Energy ConversionCongress and Exposition, Baltimore MD, Registration Link: http://www.ieee-ecce.org/2019/registration/rates-registration/
• October 11, 2019---Machine learning and Signal Processing for Network Data, Winedale Historical Complex,
Rice University
• November 20-21, 2019--New Employee Orientation, ARL/APG
• November 23-14, 2019---Spark Cognition, AI & Future Tech Summit, Time Machine, Austin, TX
• December 9, 2019---SCI-Kavli Sensing the Future: Workshop 3 on Quantum Sensing, Houston, TX, RiceUniversity
POC: Corine [email protected]
ARL South Leadership Team
Heidi Maupin, Region LeadShannon Strank, Joint Faculty AppointmentCorine Romero, Technical and Event Coordinator
Acronyms
• Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Soldier Center, formerly Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering
Center (NSRDEC)
• CCDC Aviation & Missile Center, formerly Aviation & Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC)
• CCDC Army Research Laboratory, formerly Army Research Laboratory
• CCDC Data & Analysis Center, formerly Army Material Systems Analysis (AMSAA), Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate (SLAD),
Human Systems Integration (HSI)
• CCDC Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), formerly
Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)
• CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center, formerly Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)
• CCDC Armaments Center, formerly Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)
• CCDC Chemical Biological Center, formerly Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)
• ARO- Army Research Office
• ARL/CISD- Computational & Information Sciences Directorate
• ARL/HRED- Human Research & Engineering Directorate
• ARL/SEDD- Sensors & Electron Devices Directorate
• ARL/VTD- Vehicle Technology Directorate
• ARL/WMRD- Weapons & Materials Research Directorate
